Responsa for Bava Batra 334:15

ההוא תברא דהוה חתים עלה רב ירמיה בר אבא אתיא לקמיה ההיא איתתא אמרה ליה לאו אנא הואי אמר אנא נמי אמרי להו לאו איהי היא ואמרו לי מיקש הוא דקשא לה ובגר לה קלא

R. Zebid said, 'A deceiver is vigilant in his deceit'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And would, therefore, respond when called by his false name. The genuineness of a name cannot consequently be determined unless a person was known by that name for a sufficiently long period. ');">⁴⁰</span> A certain receipt [was produced] on which the signature of R. Jeremiah b. Abba appeared. The woman,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'that woman, on whose behalf the receipt was written. ');">⁴¹</span> [however], came before him [and] said to him, 'It was not I',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who authorised the writing of the receipt. ');">⁴²</span>

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